Comus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Comus
< Latin < Greek kômos revel; akin to comedy
Example Sentences
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Mr. Smith, a resident of Comus, Md., was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, and moved with his family to Santa Cruz, Calif., in the late 1940s.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2020
At that time, R. F. Goodlett sought out financial backers to construct a vaudeville theater called The Comus.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2016
After a spell in the progressive rock outfit Comus, she joined the avant garde band Henry Cow, whose output mixed jazz, prog rock and classical music, much of it improvised.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2013
The Comus Club affair that night drove home the message that we need as many celebrations as we can fit into a lifetime.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2012
She is like Milton's lady in the revel route of the Comus, and among the riot of Olympian lovers she alone, with Athene, satisfies the ascetic longing for a proud remoteness and reserve.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
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